Bear Alternatives

Bear provides flexible writing and note-taking with markdown support and cross-note linking, popular among Mac users for its clean interface. Users seek alternatives primarily due to privacy concerns over its reliance on Apple's ecosystem, cost complaints for plain text functionality, and the availability of better options on Mac.

For users wanting stronger privacy protection, Standard Notes encrypts notes end-to-end across all devices while maintaining markdown support and seamless syncing. Those frustrated by Bear's Apple-only limitations can turn to Obsidian, which offers similar markdown editing and internal linking but works across Windows, Mac, and Linux with a powerful graph view to visualize note connections. Users seeking more advanced knowledge management find Roam Research's graph-based approach superior for linking and visualizing complex note relationships. Trillium Notes handles hierarchical note organization with rich text formatting, making it ideal for complex projects that outgrow Bear's simpler structure.

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Bear alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Todo List Managers or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Bear.
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  1. PendoNote icon
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    Got an idea? Pendo Note can help you to write a note, journal, to-do list or calendar event. Pendo is here to help with your productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    This app/script allows you to take notes in the Linux console and organize them using a simple command. The notes will be available in any terminal and bash session.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  3. Rucola icon
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    Terminal-based markdown note manager to view statistics, explore connections and launch editing and viewing applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Jedit Omega icon
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    Must-have Tool for General Text Processing.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Cardfile icon
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    Cardfile is a personal information manager, based on index cards, that was distributed with Microsoft Windows starting from the original version 1.01 until Windows NT 4.0 Server. Cardfile is also included with Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition, but has to be installed...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  6. Lokinotes icon
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    Lokinotes is a beautifully designed notes application that is created to be easy and simple to use. No bloat, it's just you and your notes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Windi icon
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    Windi is a knowledge management app that helps you take short notes, make sense of them, and share with your communities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    "SimpleNotes" lets you create, edit and organize all your notes anytime, anywhere. Easy switching between Desktop and Mobile. You can share your notes with everyone you want. The Website is free to use and a Desktop and Mobile APP is also available.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
     
  9. Fuzzynote icon
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    Terminal-based, hyper-fast, CRDT-backed, collaborative note-taking tool Simple, powerful, extremely fast search. fzn is local-first; remote-second. It acts on local in-memory data, meaning no expensive I/O and native speeds.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Looking for a suite of tools for writing your book? This is not just a text editor it does so much more. Organise your story using timelines, planning boards and the snowflake tool, all integrated to make writing intuitive and fun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Dashup icon
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    Dashup is a platform that lets anyone build unique digital workflows and systems. Select from templates or use our modules to capture, transform, display and share information in one workspace. Start free then scale as you need.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the editing ability of a commercial text editor as well as a document tracking system.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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